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Danah Boyd: my new dig.lit.techie hero

boyd_image.jpg My recent trip to Nashville, TN to attend the NCTEAR 2007 conference opened up discussions with many people. While there, I talked with a woman from Columbia's Teacher's College. She recommended that I read some work by Danah Boyd, especially her pieces on blogging. Well, I landed on her blog tonight (via Angel Thomas's blog--link below) and have to say that I was amazed with all of the projects and work she is doing. It was good for me to see her blog. I don't know many other graduate students who are interested in dig lits so this site is a much needed portal to others' digital musings.

Although I can't say that I know much about her besides that she's a fan of Ani Difranco, I've listed her blog below and some of her work so that I can start reading.

"apophenia" http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/

“A Blogger’s Blog: Exploring the Definition of a Medium.� danah boyd. Reconstruction 6(4), November 2006. Download file

Here are some other links to keep me busy:

Misbehaving
"a weblog about women and technology. It's a celebration of women's contributions to computing; a place to spotlight women's contributions as well point out new opportunities and challenges for women in the computing field."
http://www.misbehaving.net/

Angela Thomas's Blog (including her slide show on "Avatar as New Literacy")
http://angelaathomas.com/2007/02/23/the-avatar-as-a-new-literacy/

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